Okay. I thought I didn't have stellar service in my area. (Bounces from 0 to 2 bars, depending) Now my tutor, who has a DX, pulls 3-4 bars where I get none! Same exact time, same exact place! WTF gives HTC!
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What radio are you using? I noticed a full bar increase when I flashed updated radio
Im stock, unrooted. So whatever they give out stock. Im waiting for OTA gingerbread to root.
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3 or 4 bars seems extreme. Could be a hardware defect. My buddy has DX and we both get no service in my basement and terrible service upstairs. So it's not universal.
Edit: could be your phones are on different towers. I know I seen a thread about configuring what tower you connect to.
I have this problem too! My signal sucks most of tthe time. When im in the 18th floor of a building in Boston I get like 1 or 2 bars. Which radio is best to flash? I've never flashed a radio before
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Thing is guys you can't go by the bars they can be misleading....although the icredible does have a know problem with bad signal but if you really want to know your signal strength go to main menu, then go down to about phone, then click on network signal that's the real signal..... -85 to -75 is about average
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rosser725 said:
I have this problem too! My signal sucks most of tthe time. When im in the 18th floor of a building in Boston I get like 1 or 2 bars. Which radio is best to flash? I've never flashed a radio before
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Bars are meaningless. They are not a good indicator of signal strength. Follow the instructions posted by newtoroot to see what your signal strength actually is.
The best radio is the one that gives you the best combination of signal and battery usage. No one can tell you which one will work best on your individual phone in your specific location. The only way to know which one will work best is to test drive each one for a few days and se which suits your needs best.
My signal is -91 dbm. Total crap. :/
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Bud my signal is -95 right now leave it on that screen and walk around and watch how it changes
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I'm haven't moved for an hour and it sits at -91 dbm. Wtf.
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Just switched from 09.01 radio to 11.19 and I my signal went from -75dBm to -69dBm. Not a huge improvement but still an improvement.
A word of caution: BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL IF YOU TRY TO FLASH A NEW RADIO. THE INCREDIBLE I HOLD IN MY HAND IS BECAUSE I FLASHED A RADIO AND BRICKED MY OLD HTC ERIS
Sorry for yelling, but seriously be carefull.
because your holding it the wrong way.
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try a prl updated. *22899 i have had better reception now that they updated it
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because your holding it the wrong way.
(sorry i couldn't resist)
try a prl updated. *22899 i have had better reception now that they updated it
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Is this *22899 any different from the regular *228 press option 2?
*22899 seemed to work for me
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Is this *22899 any different from the regular *228 press option 2?
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Yes, it just skips the automated voice and jumps into the music (updating)
This phone definitely has some kind of signal issue or something. Especially with SMS. I have to resend messages all the time for "general SMS error" is usually what it says. Quite frustrating and ill probably end up with a phone that's been smashed into a million bits someday.
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broons said:
This phone definitely has some kind of signal issue or something. Especially with SMS. I have to resend messages all the time for "general SMS error" is usually what it says. Quite frustrating and ill probably end up with a phone that's been smashed into a million bits someday.
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Had this same EXACT problem! You're gonna need a new phone bro....
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I'm getting a semi high time without signal. Is it my area or a bug?
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Mines low. Might be the area?
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There was a bug in older phones, especially running 2.1. I had it with my Eris. I considered it a visual-only bug...meaning it didn't affect my battery life at all. You could tell if you had it because the Time without Signal would sit at exactly 50%.
From my limited use of my new DINC2, I don't believe it has this issue. So unfortunately it may be your coverage area.
To correct the TWS display, there was a fix involving airplane mode. This would drop the TWS number down after using the phone for awhile. As I said, I'm fairly certain it was inaccurate, as in my city I'm hardly ever without even a 3G signal. If yours is showing something other than 50%, then this bug is likely not the cause.
Mine is 1%.
Mine ranges from 6-24%..prob my area...ft riley Kansas....
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ttupa said:
There was a bug in older phones, especially running 2.1. I had it with my Eris. I considered it a visual-only bug...meaning it didn't affect my battery life at all. You could tell if you had it because the Time without Signal would sit at exactly 50%.
From my limited use of my new DINC2, I don't believe it has this issue. So unfortunately it may be your coverage area.
To correct the TWS display, there was a fix involving airplane mode. This would drop the TWS number down after using the phone for awhile. As I said, I'm fairly certain it was inaccurate, as in my city I'm hardly ever without even a 3G signal. If yours is showing something other than 50%, then this bug is likely not the cause.
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Yea I had that back in the day
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My time without signal is 0%, even though my bars and 3g indicator would say otherwise. My cell standby is only 7 minutes though. That may be a whole other problem all together.
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My time without signal is 0%, even though my bars and 3g indicator would say otherwise. My cell standby is only 7 minutes though. That may be a whole other problem all together.
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I believe doing certain things, such as rebooting your device, will reset the counters. It could be 0% since the last counter reset.
*228 option 2
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*228 option 2
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Dial it up...
Let us know if it (or anything) helps!
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+1
Dial it up...
Let us know if it (or anything) helps!
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I did...it updated my prl..I just have terrible signal on my base..
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Sorry, but thanks!
I have 4 full bars and my 3g keeps dropping, not fully connecting, and downloads around 5kilobytes a sec. I went from cm7 back to my nand of stock sense and still have the problem. I can barely load xda.
Anyone got any ideas why?
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Maybe there is some kind of outage where you live?
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Yeah what above said. I get 2 bars avg in my house and get about 800kbps, 4 bars I get 1mbps, They may be working on the towers out there also
Any chance you might have given them reason to throttle you data connection down?
I also experience dramatic drops in data speeds at peak times and it is location specific where I live. At 2300 in my neighborhood I get great speeds, but at the same time at work (which is full of people still awake and likely using their network) I get really bogged down.
Either a possible factor?
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I think the reason why people get horrible speeds at work is because there is probably too much electronic interference.
But then again, when someone says "work" I imagine someone sitting in a cubicle.
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Yeah what above said. I get 2 bars avg in my house and get about 800kbps, 4 bars I get 1mbps, They may be working on the towers out there also
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Interesting, 4 bars at my place equals 1.5 to 2.5 mpbs and 1 bar equals around 7-800 kbps.
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Interesting, 4 bars at my place equals 1.5 to 2.5 mpbs and 1 bar equals around 7-800 kbps.
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Any chance you might have given them reason to throttle you data connection down?
I also experience dramatic drops in data speeds at peak times and it is location specific where I live. At 2300 in my neighborhood I get great speeds, but at the same time at work (which is full of people still awake and likely using their network) I get really bogged down.
Either a possible factor?
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besides the "3G hack" is there anyway to prevent from being throttled on a non rooted 2.3.3 dinc2?
I was under the impression that even with the hack you can get throttled
But I also understand you need to be using GBs/month to make that happen. Most people would have a hard time getting there.
I stream Pandora ALL the time, and I usually get between 1 and 2 GBs of useage. I'm also using my phone for most of my internet browsing.
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I think the reason why people get horrible speeds at work is because there is probably too much electronic interference.
But then again, when someone says "work" I imagine someone sitting in a cubicle.
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Well my work is far from a cubicle....
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knipp21 said:
Well my work is far from a cubicle....
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Same here.
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There's a lot of things that will influence your throughput. Signal strength is only one of a few. Signal quality and available bandwidth will also influence it. A strong signal with a bit of noise will cause problems.
Try *228 option 2, then reboot, and see if it helps.
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There's a lot of things that will influence your throughput. Signal strength is only one of a few. Signal quality and available bandwidth will also influence it. A strong signal with a bit of noise will cause problems.
Try *228 option 2, then reboot, and see if it helps.
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Did that and I lost signal indefinitely till I did a full reset.
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Kaze105 said:
Interesting, 4 bars at my place equals 1.5 to 2.5 mpbs and 1 bar equals around 7-800 kbps.
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There's only two verizon towers in my city if that helps lol. I don't know much about towers but I know one of them is 4G because we have 4G here
I live in Orlando area, and I'm having issues with 3G today as well. Phone keeps trying to sync also. I think Verizon may have network issues today. I haven't installed any new apps, and I only use 1 widget that syncs, which is Twitter.
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I live in Orlando area, and I'm having issues with 3G today as well. Phone keeps trying to sync also. I think Verizon may have network issues today. I haven't installed any new apps, and I only use 1 widget that syncs, which is Twitter.
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I'm in Cali and had the same problem late last night. I think they are doing something with the towers cause my signal is fine now.
I'm getting throttled and it sucks. I have been getting 1x internet everywhere I go ever since I reached 3GB in the first week.
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I'm getting throttled and it sucks. I have been getting 1x internet everywhere I go ever since I reached 3GB in the first week.
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Well that's a no-brainer. WTF did you do? Torrent pr0n whilst tethered?
dc/dc said:
Well that's a no-brainer. WTF did you do? Torrent pr0n whilst tethered?
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Verizon is cracking the whip on "free" tethering. I read in an article that it can be tracked if your phone is on gingerbread. I'm not sure, maybe one of the devs could weigh in, but I read there was code written into GB to help them track it. If I can find the article, I'll link it.
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Verizon is cracking the whip on "free" tethering. I read in an article that it can be tracked if your phone is on gingerbread. I'm not sure, maybe one of the devs could weigh in, but I read there was code written into GB to help them track it. If I can find the article, I'll link it.
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Please do, cause on my Rom I use, everything Verizon is removed
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I am currently having an issue where I almost always have 1x. When I used to.always have 3g. Verizon said there are no outages, and i am having this issue in about a 50 mile radius. So its not just 1 tower. If I start to use data. The signal on the top of my phone will.flip back and forth from 1x to 3g constantly once a second.. but it.won't show any data moving. I can only use data from WiFi. This is happening on.newts incredible sensation ( previously worked ) and the incredible hd sense 3.5 ROM. I have tried 228 option 1 and 2. And VZW isn't really helping. Anyone have any thoughts? I tried searching but didn't find anything similar.
Thank you in advance for your help!
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Flash new radio
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Flash new radio
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Yes sir. It worked. Thank you! Can't believe I didn't think of that before. LOL. But 722 works great.
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I've been having the same problem, both at my parents house, and at my dorm (a small town to a large city as far as cell coverage is concerned)
I've ran both the shipping radio, the second gingerbread radio, and the current 722 radio and the problem still persists for me.
Was happening on OMGB, however i'm on gingerbang 1.7 and it still persists, even after a *228.
Do i just have a bum phone?
I am not rooted but I am almost always on 1x and not 3g. Extremely annoying when my old samsung rogue (verizon) had awesome reception. What gives?
Im not rooted, so anyone have any ideas?
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Take off battery back cover and check those gold connectors. Make sure they are clean and stuff
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knipp21 said:
Take off battery back cover and check those gold connectors. Make sure they are clean and stuff
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Reason being, just in case you didn't know. The back cover of the Incredible2 is your antenna pretty much. WiFi at the top, Data at the bottom. Those gold connectors needs to have good contact.
Try it, take the back cover off and watch your signal drop
I've been stuck on 1x and no svc bars all day, and on and off yesterday. Keep getting the data roaming message.
Called sprint and they ran me through a bunch of trouble shooting, as usual, but could not resolve it. She said that my internet wasn't updating or something. Opened a service ticket and told me to take it in to the store so they can check the device.
Anyone have this problem before, and how did you fix it?
I'm currently running srf 1.2, genocide 2.0, honycomb fusion explosion theme, ec05 modem, and I have an airrave.
My wife's epic is also stuck on 1x, and the blackberry on our extra line also says 1x with 1-3 bars.
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My issue isn't that similar, but recently was the first time I've even seen "1x" on my phone. I literally have never seen my phone on 1x before, in fact, I thought it wasn't even possible on Sprint (Like, I didn't know it had the same name).
If all your phones are stuck on 1x, then it is most likely something with the service. You already did everything I could think of, so I'd just take it to Sprint again and tell them that it's been happening for a while and you've already been to a store, but it's becoming a real issue and you shouldn't have to be charged for a service that does not provide what they have offered, or something threatening like that.
Hope you can fix the issue soon,
Acer
I feel better knowing someone else also is experiencing this. Since like Thursday I haven't had a reliable 3g connection whatsoever I keep getting the "1x" icon also.
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ac16313 said:
I feel better knowing someone else also is experiencing this. Since like Thursday I haven't had a reliable 3g connection whatsoever I keep getting the "1x" icon also.
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Same...wonder if it's something up with Sprint.
I literally haven't seen that phone have the 1x icon in the 13 months I've had it.
I've had trouble, but with updating my PRL and Profile. Once I read this, I've kinda conviced myself that somethings up on Sprints end, and not ours. Could this be part of Sprints Network Vision in action?
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It could be the airrave. I had trouble getting a 3g connection the first time we set ours up.
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Same here with 3 epics for 2 days, called Sprint and had them push a refresh on all 3, then I updated prl and profile on all 3, been working for about 10 hours now on all 3.
Wow! I knew I would get some response to this, but not that everyone is having the same problem...lol! Well, that sucks. I wondered about the airrave, but I mentioned a few times to the phone rep that I had one, and she never said anything about it. She did say they were no problemswith the service in my area. I'll have to see what happens when I leave for work tomorrow. Does make me wonder if sprint has something brewing that is messing up everyone's service.
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malcolmXman said:
Same here with 3 epics for 2 days, called Sprint and had them push a refresh on all 3, then I updated prl and profile on all 3, been working for about 10 hours now on all 3.
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I'm going to give this a try, its really annoying because the one bar I now get(id get usually 4-6 bars like a month ago) puts me somewhere around 50kbps...
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Reset the Airave and your router and modem. They screw up the Airaves all the time. Airave techs direct line is 866-556-7310.
Update= 3g still working on all 3.
Oh and I have no airave.
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Oh and I have no airave.
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Sorry AC, was replying to the OP.
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kennyglass123 said:
Sorry AC, was replying to the OP.
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Its cool I hope its on sprints side and its only temporary
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malcolmXman said:
Update= 3g still working on all 3.
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Back on 3g today. Not sure what the problem was this weekend. I had no data when I got up, but rebooted the phone and so far so good. Full bars again, at home. I did switch roms last night. Installed miui with the data fix just to see if it made a difference. Didn't make a difference last night, but its working fine so far today.
Going to reset the airrave after work anyway, just in case. Are you guys back to normal today as well?
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Back on 3g today. Not sure what the problem was this weekend. I had no data when I got up, but rebooted the phone and so far so good. Full bars again, at home. I did switch roms last night. Installed miui with the data fix just to see if it made a difference. Didn't make a difference last night, but its working fine so far today.
Going to reset the airrave after work anyway, just in case. Are you guys back to normal today as well?
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I was going to say I was back to normal but just as I hit "quote" my 3g went away and went back to 1x then I gt an error saying "sign in fail"
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I made the switch from the Evo 3D to the Epic touch and I noticed that the GPS doesn't work as well as it did the Evo.
I was wondering if there was anything that can be done to make the signal a little better.
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coming from the epic this thing works amazingly well
but i get a signal within 5 seconds and a 10 meter range
the gps on this thing works even better than on the photon in my experience
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I dunno...I fired up Google Earth on my lunch break sitting in my truck at work. I tapped "my location" and it flew in and was only off by 1 parking spot. I'd say that's pretty accurate.
So far as the radio strength I'd have to agree...usually it works fine for me, but some times I can't get a signal with it on my center console but if I put it in the door-handle pocket it works fine. I think that might be software tweakable...
You can try gps aid from the market. I used it on my epic and it helped but this phone works a lot better than my epic.
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I had to return mine for gps problems, the new one works great!
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Mine takes a while to lock and best i can hope for is 15m
Using GPS Status mine often shows an accuracy of 6 feet. I didn't even know cell phones were supposed to be capable of that resolution. I'm very impressed here.
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mine takes forever to get a lock, if I even get one. hmm, maybe I should go return it for GPS issues.
If your phone hasn't been rebooted in a while gps wont work very well. Reboot phone and it will lock fast.
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chrisnosleep said:
Using GPS Status mine often shows an accuracy of 6 feet. I didn't even know cell phones were supposed to be capable of that resolution. I'm very impressed here.
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All my other phones put me withing a few feet of my location, nor more than a few yards off in most situations. This has constantly had me at least a half of a mile off. I has me in an adjacent neighborhood at home and a half mile out in the river at work. i have tried all the settings. I am leaving work early today and going to Sprint for a possible exchange to another Touch. I already anticipate the run around but if they cant get me at least in the sprint parking lot, I am demanding a new phone. Its to the point where I cant use my GPS because it is totally inaccurate.
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mine takes forever to get a lock, if I even get one. hmm, maybe I should go return it for GPS issues.
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Check this out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18319079
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpkiJeUQpvQ
You should get a different copy.
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my GPS is fantastic
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Check this out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18319079
You should get a different copy.
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yea, saw the video. I have the same exact problem that is shown in the video. Now the question is, do I need to put my phone back to stock before I take it in?
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yea, saw the video. I have the same exact problem that is shown in the video. Now the question is, do I need to put my phone back to stock before I take it in?
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Yep, odin back to stock and you should be good to go.
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How long does it take you guys to get a GPS lock... Sometimes it take 5 minutes...
For me, I have never seen longer then 30 seconds. Usually less then 10 seconds.
I was goofing around with QPST the other day and noticed that there are Unpopulayed GPSone settings. Does this phone support GPSone? I populated the entries with data from my old phone. I don't think it made a difference, I just did it in the name of experimentation. What's the worse that could happen, I just have to reload my saved NV settings.
GPS used to be awesome...doesn't ever lock at all anymore. Reboot doesn't matter, GLSCLRX didn't help, re-stocked it, everything. no help.
1st floor of a 3 story condo building, in the bathroom with it raining outside. Doesn't matter what I do this thing gets within 10 yards of my location within a few seconds tops.
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GPS used to be awesome...doesn't ever lock at all anymore. Reboot doesn't matter, GLSCLRX didn't help, re-stocked it, everything. no help.
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Try the rom in my signature with GPS tweaks to see if it helps.
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